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HIJAB
Definition of HIJAB
noun
A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَاب (ḥijāb, “veil”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,122)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIJAB · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HIJAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HIJAB starts with H and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABHIJ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found HIJAB?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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